Drew Pearson
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Drew Pearson (born January 12, 1951) is an American former football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys.
He played college football at the University of Tulsa.
Early years
Pearson was born and raised in South River, New Jersey, and began his football career at South River High School as one of the wide receivers of Joe Theismann. As a junior, he succeeded Theismann as the starting quarterback. He also lettered in baseball and basketball, graduating in 1969.
He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Tulsa. As a sophomore in 1970, he was the backup quarterback behind John Dobbs. He started four games, making 36 out of 86 completions (41.9%), for 423 passing yards, one touchdown and 5 interceptions.
As a junior in 1971, he was converted into a wide receiver. He was second on the team with 22 receptions for 429 yards. He led the team with an average of 19.5 yards per reception and 3 receiving touchdowns.
As a senior in 1972, he led a run-oriented offense with 33 receptions for 690 yards (20.9 yards per reception) and 5 touchdowns. He finished his college career with 55 receptions for 1,119 yards, 8 touchdowns and a 20.3-yard average per reception.
In 1985, he was inducted into the Tulsa Athletics Hall of Fame. In 1998, he received the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award.
Professional career
He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent and named him as a third-team wide receiver due to his special teams play. In the seventh game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles, Otto Stowe suffered a broken ankle, and backup Mike Montgomery will also miss the next game due to injury. He appeared in 14 games with six starts, totaling 22 receptions for 388 yards and two touchdowns.
Stowe begged to be moved, and Pearson became the full-time starter opposite Golden Richards in 1974. With 62 receptions and 1,087 yards, he was the team's quarterback, as well as receiving 2 touchdowns. He will continue to lead the team until 1978, when Tony Hill took over the number one position at wide receiver.
When he and Tony Hill, along with Tony Dorsett, 1978, helped the Cowboys become the first NFL team to have two 1,000-yard wide receivers and a 1,000-yard running back. Pearson and Hill were also the first wide receiver tandem in Cowboys history to reach 1,000 yards in the same year.
He surpassed Bob Hayes' club record in receptions in 1980 and was named by the Cowboys as their nominee for NFL Man of the Year. Pearson almost made "The Catch" irrelevant in the 1981 NFC Championship Game against the San Francisco 49ers when he discovered a long pass from Danny White that would have gone for a touchdown and won the game for the Cowboys, preserving the 49ers' victory and bringing them one-goal (White fumbled on the next play, thus saving the 49ers' victory and putting them in Super Bowl XVI).
He succeeded Hayes as the franchise's leader in receiving yards in 1983.
Pearson fell asleep while driving his Dodge Daytona in March 1984, causing a collision involving a parked tractor-trailer. Pearson suffered a career-ending liver injury in the crash, and his brother Carey was killed in the crash.
Pearson helped the Cowboys win three Super Bowl appearances and one in 1978. In Super Bowl X, Pearson also scored a touchdown. "Chetch" for his numerous catches in game-winning situations, including Roger Staubach's Hail Mary reception, which sealed the victory over the Vikings in 1975, one of the most legendary NFL plays ever. In a 1973 playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams and game-winning touchdown pass from reserve quarterback Clint Longley, he also caught the game-sealing touchdown against the Washington Redskins. All three plays were listed as one of the Top 75 plays in NFL history by NFL Films in 1994. Pearson appeared prominently in a fourth play on the list, leading Tony Dorsett's direction to the end zone on his 99-yard touchdown run in 1983. Pearson's clutch receptions in 1980's playoff game in Atlanta helped win the game on a comeback by the Cowboys.
He made his reputation as one of the NFL's top wide receivers, with 489 receptions and 7,822 receiving yards, 184 passing yards, and 50 touchdowns (48 receiving and two fumble recoveries). Pearson was named one of the top 20 Pro Football All-Time wide receivers in the 1970s and was also praised for his contributions by being named to the NFL 1970s All-Decade Team. Despite this fact, he was the only one from the squad not to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame at the time, including the only one from the offensive first team category.
Pearson was named All-Pro three times (1974, 1976–77) All-NFC was the first Team All-NFC in 1975, and in 1978, he was named second in the All-NFC. Pearson was also a Pro Bowler in 1974, 1976, and 1977. In 1977, he was named the year's best NFL receiver. With 58, he led the National Football Conference (NFC) in pass receptions in 1976. In 1977, 1978, 1982, and 1983, he served as offensive captain for the Cowboys.
In 1984, he was admitted to the Dallas Cowboys' 25th anniversary team.
Drew Drew was number 10 on the list in 2009, but Randy White was replaced as #10 on the list and was recalled by Randy White as "Greatest Dallas Cowboys" in the episode "NFL's Top ten," but he is still number ten on the list, although the new one in 2016 where he was not on the list and was replaced by Randy White as #10 on the list.
Pearson was selected for inclusion in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor on August 19, 2011. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones revealed it on August 19, 2011. During the halftime show of the Cowboys-Seahawks game on November 6, 2011, Pearson, Charles Haley, and Larry Allen were suspended.
Pearson was selected by the Professional Footballers Association to the PFRA Hall of Very Good Class of 2010.
Pearson was selected as a senior finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020 as part of the 20 senior finalists' "Centenial Slate" program. However, he was refused admission despite being able to get one. He was voted the lone senior finalist for the class of 2021 the following year.
Pearson was sculpted by Scott Myers in 2021, and his bust was unveiled on February 6, 2021.